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How Long Do Bed Bugs Live?

Jason Fricker

About a year. Bed bugs can live about a year usually and can live for months in a dormant state without even feeding.

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Flint Hills, the owner, is a Wichita local raised resident who offers pest control for spiders, insects, rodents and bed bugs. We are a real family run business with great experience and knowledge. Unlike larger companies with answering machines, sales people and structured systems… being a family owned business, we keep it simple. When you call you talk to someone who picks up the phone personally and is a senior exterminator with immediate advice, skills and information. Read More »

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bed bugs can get into a home from staying at a hotel, from clothing transfer or international travel, travelling in general, from furniture on the street, even used furniture from stores.

From Overseas. Bed bugs have increased in America over the last few years due to international travels, importation of goods, and the fact that pest control measures no longer include the use of chemicals from the past that were effective but were outlawed due to their harmful effects on the environment . They have also developed resistance to many chemicals readily available to the public.

No, it is absolutely not safe to pick up furniture from a dumpster. It may have been the reason it was thrown out or bug could have nested in the furniture during it's time on the curb.